womance

plural womances

1. countableinformaluncountableA close but non-sexual relationship between women.

   “We're having an intense moment of womance here, do you mind?” Billie said.

   2012, Sarah Mayberry, Within Reach, Harlequin, published 2012, →ISBN, page 12

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   “Angel goes through BFFs the way Limbaugh goes through oxy. Always has. I give their little ‘womance’ six months tops before Angel gets tired of her.”

   2013, Marcia Clark, “Chapter 3”, in Inherit the Dead, Touchstone, →ISBN, page 42

   She shares an apartment with her best friend Sophie (Mickey Sumner, daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler; she is terrific), but then Sophie dumps her for a rich boyfriend, and although the two have quite a womance going — ‘We are the same person, but with different hair,’ they tell everybody — we are never quite sure if Sophie is true or not.

   2013 July 27, Deborah Ross, “At last, a film about proper women who aren’t just drippily searching for love”, in The Spectator

present singular third person womances · participle present womancing · participle past womanced · past womanced

1. informalintransitiveTo be in a womantic relationship.

   Synonyms: girl crush, sismance